A Charmed Life: A 5” Square Pattern

A Charmed Life, a 5” square pattern is perfect for using up those precut squares in your stash. Raise your hand if you are like me & have more 5” squares than you can handle!

I designed this several years ago for a class I taught & decided it was high time this became a pattern available to my readers.

This is a great pattern for using your stash. Because well, you know, most of us quilters might have more stash than we know what to do with! Whether you decide to use many fabrics of a single color, or focus on brights, reproductions or just random scraps- this quilt will highlight the beauty in all the fabrics you’ve purchased over the years.

I like to precut 5” squares as I finish projects & store them in old shoe boxes. When I have more than I can handle, I start a scrap quilt!

I’ve written this pattern in two sizes: 61″x61″ for a generous lap size & 97″x97″ for a queen size, so this is flexible for your needs.

This pattern also uses 5″ squares, or charms for the main fabrics & the corner pieces are 2.5″ squares- so if you have access to an Accuquilt machine with a 5″ die, you can cut these fabrics in no time!